Joy Practices
DEVELOPING MENTAL IMMUNITY
MORNING INTENTION SETTING
OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO JOY
Focus and Stress Relief—A Breathing Practice
Morning Meditation Walk or Exercise
Fear, Anger, and Sadness—An Analytic Meditation
Frustration and Anger—A Prayer
Loneliness—A Common Humanity Practice
Envy—A Mudita Practice
Suffering, Adversity, and Illness—A Lojong Practice
Suffering, Adversity, and Illness of Others—A Tonglen Practice
Silent Retreat
Death Meditation
CULTIVATING THE EIGHT PILLARS OF JOY
Perspective—A Self-Distancing Practice
Humility—A Lojong Practice
Laughing at Ourselves to Develop Humor
Acceptance—A Meditation
The Fourfold Path of Forgiveness
Journaling for Gratitude
Compassion Meditation
Compassion—A Prayer
Compassion—A Fast
Generosity Practices
Joy Meditation—The Eight Pillars
REJOICING IN YOUR DAY
RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNITY—THE GREATEST JOY